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Book Review: Meet Me in Monaco by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb

Trish Burgess Posted on07/09/201908/09/2019 Book reviews, France, Meet Me in Monaco 7 Comments
Meet Me in Monaco book

An American actress and a European prince. The world’s media going crazy for a fairytale romance featuring Hollywood and royalty. Sound familiar? We’ve just experienced the frenzy around the marriage of Meghan Markle and...

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How to spend a few hours in Honfleur

Trish Burgess Posted on24/01/201904/07/2019 France, Honfleur, Normandy, river cruise, U by Uniworld 41 Comments
Vieux Bassin in Honfleur, France

I don’t know what possessed us to tackle the strenuous hike from the centre of Honfleur up to Mont-Joli. It was a sweltering hot day during the heatwave of 2018. I was unsuitably dressed...

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Claude Monet’s garden in Giverny in summer

Trish Burgess Posted on13/01/201906/06/2019 Claude Monet's Garden, France, Giverny, river cruise, Summer in Monet's Garden, U by Uniworld 42 Comments
Dark pink flowers in Monet's garden

It was a hot, cloudless day at the end of June. Dougie and I had already spent the morning kayaking 15km on the River Eure, a tributary of the Seine. We changed out of...

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An afternoon at the Gardens of Versailles

Trish Burgess Posted on31/12/201802/05/2019 France, Gardens of Versailles, river cruise, U by Uniworld, Versailles 28 Comments
Latona's fountain, Versailles

The first stop on our U by Uniworld river cruise this summer was Conflans-Saint-Honorine. We had boarded our ship, The B, in Paris the previous day and the ship sailed overnight down the Seine...

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A day in Rouen – photo tour

Trish Burgess Posted on28/12/201804/04/2019 France, Normandy, river cruise, Rouen, Things to do in Rouen, U by Uniworld 32 Comments
Flowers in Rouen street

Rouen was one of the stops on our U by Uniworld river cruise, The Seine Experience . Our ship was moored very close to the city centre, making it easy to freely explore during...

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Review of The Seine Experience river cruise, U by Uniworld

Trish Burgess Posted on16/07/201830/01/2019 cruising on the Seine, France, river cruise, U by Uniworld 17 Comments

Docked in Paris, the passengers on board The B, U by Uniworld’s black pearl on the Seine, had just finished their main course at dinner. Suddenly the rhythmic sounds of Rihanna’s “We Found Love” thudded out...

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River cruising revolution with U by Uniworld

Trish Burgess Posted on25/04/201817/07/2018 Cruise, France, river cruise, U by Uniworld 23 Comments
The Ice Bar U by Uniworld

There’s a quiet revolution happening in the river cruising sector. Whereas ocean cruising has attracted a much younger clientele over recent years, river cruising has found it hard to shake off its traditional, genteel...

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Chips with everything.

Trish Burgess Posted on20/08/201007/04/2016 Dordogne, France 22 Comments

Yes, the offending item in the photo is a half-eaten chip pizza. Oh the shame. There we were, in France, the home of gastronomy and my son was tucking into a monstrous affront to cuisine....

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